Eric Simonoff

Eric Matthew Simonoff is a literary agent at William Morris Endeavor.

Eric Simonoff
Born	Eric Matthew Simonoff (1967-07-21)July 21, 1967 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation	Literary agent
Children	2

Biography

Eric Simonoff was born to a Jewish family^[1] in Philadelphia on July 21, 1967. He graduated from Princeton University in 1989, with a degree in Classics. Simonoff began his publishing career at W.W. Norton as an editorial assistant, then joined Janklow & Nesbit in 1991 and rose to the position of co-director. He left Janklow & Nesbit for William Morris Endeavor in 2009. His switch in agencies was considered a major event in the publishing industry.^[2][3] Simonoff represents more than a dozen New York Times bestselling authors.^[4]

Partial List of clients

• Jonathan Lethem
• Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence: A True Story
• Vikram Chandra
• Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Lincoln Child
• Andrew Davidson
• James Frey, controversial author of A Million Little Pieces.
• Bob Greene
• Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer prize winner.
• Jhumpa Lahiri, Pulitzer prize winner.
• Alexander Maksik, novelist
• Thisbe Nissen
• Trenton Lee Stewart
• Walter Kirn
• Roger Reeves
• Stacy Schiff, Pulitzer prize winner
• Ian W. Toll
• Nam Le
• Qian Julie Wang
• The New Yorker Magazine
• Phil Klay, author of Redeployment
• Chris Robinson and Gavin Kovite, authors of War of the Encyclopaedists
• Yaa Gyasi^[5]
• Chandler Burr^[6]